Marquette University First Ascenders are climbing the walls, but not the ones inside places like the Alumni Memorial Union or Johnston Hall. Instead, they climb the walls inside the historic Turner Hall Ballroom basement, where students can rock climb at a concert venue.
Connor O’Malley, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and club vice president, said he climbed intermittently before he came to Marquette.
“When I came to Marquette I officially joined the club and started routinely climbing to practice my technique and to get better at climbing. I felt like I joined a community that is so supportive of one another,” O’Malley said.